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Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros

£65
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

50

Houses

1

Last sold

35 days ago

Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from Orkney aged 15 years. Based on 50 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £70, with the most recent sale at £65. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £110 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros is £60–£70 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of -13.3% (down). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

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About Orkney

Orkney is a whisky distillery. Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old, distilled in 2006.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2006), so the available batch is inherently finite.

These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Orkney
Age
15 years
Vintage
2006
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£65

24-month median

£70

24-month high

£110

24-month low

£60

Estimated value · likely range

£60–£70 ±8%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

200% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

35 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

13.3%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£58£86£113Sept 22Feb 23Dec 23Aug 24Oct 25Feb 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£652
March 2026£652
February 2026£702
January 2026£702
December 2025£602
October 2025£702
July 2025£752
May 2025£652
August 2024£652
July 2024£852
May 2024£852
December 2023£754

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction?

Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros appeared in 12 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 200% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 7% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros?

The latest hammer price for Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £65. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £70, with a high of £110 and a low of £60. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.

How much has Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros changed in value over the past year?

Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros?

Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £70 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.

Is Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £70. The bottle has been observed at auction across 50 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros?

wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £65, 24-month median £70 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include buyer's premium?

No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of Orkney 2006 15 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £65 would cost the buyer approximately £82 all-in including buyer's premium.

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